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Thursday, October 31, 2019 10:18 AM

CAPTAINCRUNCH
... stay crunchy...

Quote:

Originally posted by THG:
Correct me if I'm wrong G but didn't you major in english literature? If I recall right you wanted to be a writer.

Good memory, T!

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Thursday, October 31, 2019 10:19 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK

Quote:

Originally posted by captaincrunch:
Quote:

Originally posted by THG:
Correct me if I'm wrong G but didn't you major in english literature? If I recall right you wanted to be a writer.

Good memory, T!

If you can't do, then teach.

T needs your help, buddy.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Thursday, October 31, 2019 12:24 PM

CAPTAINCRUNCH
... stay crunchy...

Quote:

Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

If you can't do, then teach.

And if you can't do either, be 6ix.

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Thursday, October 31, 2019 1:35 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

Quote:

Originally posted by captaincrunch:
Quote:

Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

If you can't do, then teach.

And if you can't do either, be 6ix.

Nothing wrong with that.

I'm awesome.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Thursday, October 31, 2019 4:28 PM

1KIKI
Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

"Who is on your Deep State list"

It's in my link.

I'm sorry you don't know how to read - and I can't do your reading for you. But you have your answer. If only you knew how to read.

Sigh.

A billion flies eat shit.

How does it taste, MUSHY?

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Thursday, October 31, 2019 8:27 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Only 2,009 days remaining on the Trump Going To Jail Clock.

How exciting. 002780

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Thursday, October 31, 2019 10:02 PM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

Tonight, Trump moves to Florida to avoid being caught cheating on his 2020 New York state income tax. Reelect a crook for President:

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump tweeted
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the White House, is the place I have come to love and will stay for, hopefully, another 5 years as we MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, but my family and I will be making Palm Beach, Florida, our Permanent Residence. I cherish New York, and the people of New York, and always will, but unfortunately, despite the fact that I pay millions of dollars in city, state and local taxes each year, I have been treated very badly by the political leaders of both the city and state. Few have been treated worse. I hated having to make this decision, but in the end it will be best for all concerned. As President, I will always be there to help New York and the great people of New York. It will always have a special place in my heart!
6:32 PM - 31 Oct 2019
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1190079191355670529

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

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Thursday, October 31, 2019 11:52 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

Quote:

Originally posted by second:
Tonight, Trump moves to Florida to avoid being caught cheating on his 2020 New York state income tax. Reelect a crook for President:

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump tweeted
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the White House, is the place I have come to love and will stay for, hopefully, another 5 years as we MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, but my family and I will be making Palm Beach, Florida, our Permanent Residence. I cherish New York, and the people of New York, and always will, but unfortunately, despite the fact that I pay millions of dollars in city, state and local taxes each year, I have been treated very badly by the political leaders of both the city and state. Few have been treated worse. I hated having to make this decision, but in the end it will be best for all concerned. As President, I will always be there to help New York and the great people of New York. It will always have a special place in my heart!
6:32 PM - 31 Oct 2019
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1190079191355670529

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

If that were true, one would think that he was just going to get caught cheating on his Florida income taxes in 2020.

I assume you mean his 2019 income taxes that are paid in 2020?

If that's the case, New York will still have an opportunity to at least look over part of them.

https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/file/part_year_residents.htm

For a business owner, you seem to be pretty clueless about how taxes work. You must have one hell of an accountant.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Friday, November 1, 2019 8:05 AM

THG

Quote:

Originally posted by captaincrunch:
Quote:

Originally posted by THG:
Correct me if I'm wrong G but didn't you major in english literature? If I recall right you wanted to be a writer.

Good memory, T!

I laugh every time jack kiki and sig correct peoples grammar and spelling. Especially jack who I don't think went past the third grade. And what do they think we'll do if they find we've misspelled a word, cry?

It only shows them to be trolls. Something we've pointed out about them long ago.

"The Grammar and Spellcheck Troll

You know this type of troll. They're the people who always have to tell other users that they have misspelled words and grammar mistakes. Even when they do it by simply commenting with the corrected word behind an asterisk symbol, it's pretty much never a welcomed comment to any discussion. Some of them even use a commenter's spelling and grammar mistakes as an excuse to insult them."

And this is usually done by posters who make the most mistakes.

T

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Friday, November 1, 2019 8:54 AM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

Quote:

Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Quote:

Originally posted by second:
Tonight, Trump moves to Florida to avoid being caught cheating on his 2020 New York state income tax. Reelect a crook for President:

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump tweeted
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the White House, is the place I have come to love and will stay for, hopefully, another 5 years as we MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, but my family and I will be making Palm Beach, Florida, our Permanent Residence. I cherish New York, and the people of New York, and always will, but unfortunately, despite the fact that I pay millions of dollars in city, state and local taxes each year, I have been treated very badly by the political leaders of both the city and state. Few have been treated worse. I hated having to make this decision, but in the end it will be best for all concerned. As President, I will always be there to help New York and the great people of New York. It will always have a special place in my heart!
6:32 PM - 31 Oct 2019
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1190079191355670529

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

1) If that were true, one would think that he was just going to get caught cheating on his Florida income taxes in 2020.

2) I assume you mean his 2019 income taxes that are paid in 2020?

3) If that's the case, New York will still have an opportunity to at least look over part of them.

https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/file/part_year_residents.htm

For a business owner, you seem to be pretty clueless about how taxes work. You must have one hell of an accountant.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

1) Florida does not have a personal income tax. I would know; I lived there until I was 13 years old and I was filling out my own tax forms from my job as a paperboy. But the internet also knows there is no income tax:
www.stateofflorida.com/taxes/

2) Trump's final income tax form will be for 2019. His accountant will fill it out in 2020. Any cheating he does in 2020 won't be reported to NY. And did you notice that Trump is not making available to the public his tax returns for the years he is President? All Presidents do it, but not crooked Trump. Here is Obama's first year in the White House: https://s3.amazonaws.com/pdfs.taxnotes.com/2019/B_Obama_2009.pdf
Here is all Presidents': www.taxnotes.com/presidential-tax-returns

3) Trump is not making his returns available because he remembers what happens to tax cheaters like Nixon: "President Nixon's Troublesome Tax Returns"
www.taxhistory.org/thp/readings.nsf/cf7c9c870b600b9585256df80075b9dd/f
8723e3606cd79ec85256ff6006f82c3?OpenDocument

Nixon had to surrender half of his wealth to pay just the taxes he owed during his years as President. Trump has a history of tax cheating that extends back decades. How much of his wealth will he have to give up? Nobody knows: "Why hasn’t New York charged Donald Trump for tax fraud?"
www.cityandstateny.com/articles/policy/criminal-justice/why-hasnt-new-
york-charged-donald-trump-with-tax-fraud.html
Last October, the Trump family’s decades-long tax schemes were revealed, but the state has taken no action.

Trump is moving to Florida to help his lawyers delay New York from collecting taxes by suing him.

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

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Friday, November 1, 2019 10:24 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK

Quote:

Originally posted by THG:
Quote:

Originally posted by captaincrunch:
Quote:

Originally posted by THG:
Correct me if I'm wrong G but didn't you major in english literature? If I recall right you wanted to be a writer.

Good memory, T!

I laugh every time jack kiki and sig correct peoples grammar and spelling. Especially jack who I don't think went past the third grade. And what do they think we'll do if they find we've misspelled a word, cry?

It only shows them to be trolls. Something we've pointed out about them long ago.

"The Grammar and Spellcheck Troll

You know this type of troll. They're the people who always have to tell other users that they have misspelled words and grammar mistakes. Even when they do it by simply commenting with the corrected word behind an asterisk symbol, it's pretty much never a welcomed comment to any discussion. Some of them even use a commenter's spelling and grammar mistakes as an excuse to insult them."

And this is usually done by posters who make the most mistakes.

T

You're beyond simple spelling mistakes, T.

Half the stuff you post isn't even readable.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Friday, November 1, 2019 5:52 PM

THG

Quote:

Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Quote:

Originally posted by THG:
Quote:

Originally posted by captaincrunch:
Quote:

Originally posted by THG:
Correct me if I'm wrong G but didn't you major in english literature? If I recall right you wanted to be a writer.

Good memory, T!

I laugh every time jack kiki and sig correct peoples grammar and spelling. Especially jack who I don't think went past the third grade. And what do they think we'll do if they find we've misspelled a word, cry?

It only shows them to be trolls. Something we've pointed out about them long ago.

"The Grammar and Spellcheck Troll

You know this type of troll. They're the people who always have to tell other users that they have misspelled words and grammar mistakes. Even when they do it by simply commenting with the corrected word behind an asterisk symbol, it's pretty much never a welcomed comment to any discussion. Some of them even use a commenter's spelling and grammar mistakes as an excuse to insult them."

And this is usually done by posters who make the most mistakes.

T

You're beyond simple spelling mistakes, T.

Half the stuff you post isn't even readable.

I'll tell you what stupid. My college professors said they liked the way I wrote. So did a few of the girls in my class who would asked me for help.

So tell me Jackie boy. What did your college professors say about your writing skills?

T

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Friday, November 1, 2019 6:15 PM

1KIKI
Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

Hey guess what!! I look as good as an actress, and I'm as rich as Bezos!

I'm glad I could finally reveal the truth!!

/snark

A billion flies eat shit.

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Friday, November 1, 2019 8:20 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

Quote:

Originally posted by THG:
Quote:

Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Quote:

Originally posted by THG:
Quote:

Originally posted by captaincrunch:
Quote:

Originally posted by THG:
Correct me if I'm wrong G but didn't you major in english literature? If I recall right you wanted to be a writer.

Good memory, T!

I laugh every time jack kiki and sig correct peoples grammar and spelling. Especially jack who I don't think went past the third grade. And what do they think we'll do if they find we've misspelled a word, cry?

It only shows them to be trolls. Something we've pointed out about them long ago.

"The Grammar and Spellcheck Troll

You know this type of troll. They're the people who always have to tell other users that they have misspelled words and grammar mistakes. Even when they do it by simply commenting with the corrected word behind an asterisk symbol, it's pretty much never a welcomed comment to any discussion. Some of them even use a commenter's spelling and grammar mistakes as an excuse to insult them."

And this is usually done by posters who make the most mistakes.

T

You're beyond simple spelling mistakes, T.

Half the stuff you post isn't even readable.

I'll tell you what stupid. My college professors said they liked the way I wrote. So did a few of the girls in my class who would asked me for help.

So tell me Jackie boy. What did your college professors say about your writing skills?

T

lol

Assuming that you're not lying, which we all know you are, that says a hell of a lot more about the sad state of our school systems in America than it does about you.

Not sure what's worse...

The fact that your teachers gave you a participation trophy for your 3rd grade reading comprehension level via false praise, the fact that there were girls in your class that were even dumber than you are, or the fact that you were even accepted into college in the first place.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Friday, November 1, 2019 8:38 PM

CAPTAINCRUNCH
... stay crunchy...

Quote:

Originally posted by THG:
So tell me Jackie boy. What did your college professors say about your writing skills?

I get it now, T. Jack and Kiki focus on spelling and grammar (even though they muck that up too) because they get everything else wrong. Second just embarrassed Six on Fla income tax facts, and Kookie just straw manned herself into knots . When it comes to common sense and simple understanding, they fall miles behind, again and again and again...
That and they're just petty assholes.

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Friday, November 1, 2019 9:05 PM

1KIKI
Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

Quote:

Originally posted by MUSHY:
I get it now, T. Jack and Kiki focus on spelling and grammar (even though they muck that up too) because they get everything else wrong. Second just embarrassed Six on Fla income tax facts, and Kookie just straw manned herself into knots . When it comes to common sense and simple understanding, they fall miles behind, again and again and again...
That and they're just petty assholes.

So, while we're waiting for your inane trolling to get cold - here's some cold crow for you to eat. And when you're done, there are many more courses of crow, and even desert crow.

Bon appétit ... but if you don't know what that means ...

Enjoy!

http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=61377&p=18
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I think this is what will play out in the end: Mueller finds the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to gain an advantage in the 2016 campaign ...

And what DID Mueller find regarding collusion with Russia, again?

http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=61377&p=21
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I don't know how stupid you are in real life, but on this topic you are self-professed ignorant. There are plenty of free places a basic google search away to inform you of what Trump may be guilty of.

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Mueller needs about 10 more Muellers. If anyone complains about how long this is taking, "if Trump and his a-clown posey (sic - small flower bouquet) weren't so corrupt we could have finished this 10 months ago."

http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=61377&p=24
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http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=61377&p=25
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I wonder what he (Trump) knew about any of that and when he knew it? Hard for me to fathom that if Putin tells the world (Helsinki) that he wanted Trump to win and that he directed his people to help, that Trump wouldn't have had that in one of the many conversations he had with Putin. Why else would Putin help Trump win unless you think Putin would do it and expect nothing in return?

http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=61377&p=32
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Plus there's the whole Kompromat thingy. "Sure, Donnie, I'd love for me to have to you presidency, and me to get penthouse. And of course... I won't tell any souls about it!"

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Friday, November 1, 2019 10:55 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

Quote:

Originally posted by captaincrunch:
Quote:

Originally posted by THG:
So tell me Jackie boy. What did your college professors say about your writing skills?

I get it now, T. Jack and Kiki focus on spelling and grammar (even though they muck that up too) because they get everything else wrong. Second just embarrassed Six on Fla income tax facts, and Kookie just straw manned herself into knots . When it comes to common sense and simple understanding, they fall miles behind, again and again and again...
That and they're just petty assholes.

How was I embarassed by Second again?

Trump's been living in New York for a long time. He's lived most of 2019 in New York. If Trump was cheating on his taxes in New York, they can catch him cheating on his taxes in New York.

In fact, they don't really have a deadline on that. They can bust him on his 2019 taxes until 2026, so they can take their sweet ass time about it.

I don't give a shit that Florida has no income taxes (which I already knew because my parents live there). There is two reasons for this:

1. You're talking about FUTURE POSSIBLE CRIME. Let's stick to all the bullshit you think happened in the past for now, shall we?

2. Trump derives hardly any of his income from income taxes. If you want to talk about closing loopholes that the wealthy use to get richer, by all means. Trump doesn't fill out the same 1040 that you do, dumbass.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Saturday, November 2, 2019 7:57 AM

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Quote:

Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

2. Trump derives hardly any of his income from income taxes. If you want to talk about closing loopholes that the wealthy use to get richer, by all means. Trump doesn't fill out the same 1040 that you do, dumbass.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

Where did you get your false idea? When Trump inherited from his father, the tax rate on his inheritance would have been 55%, except his cheating lowered his rate to 5%. Same thing happened at his mother’s death. This is billions of dollars going from parents to the Trump children.

Is Trump’s tax cheating enough to remove him from office? Trump's sister, a federal appeals judge, resigned because she was caught cheating. Trump was in the same deals as his sister but she had to make her tax returns available. Meanwhile, Trump keeps his returns secret.

The sister’s cheating was obvious, but obviously nobody competent at detecting tax cheating had ever looked at her returns until after her brother was elected President. And nobody in government will ever look at her returns, now that she has resigned.

The American Bar Association Journal has the story on Trump’s sister tax cheating: www.abajournal.com/news/article/trumps-sister-a-federal-appeals-judge-
resigns-amid-ethics-inquiry

The bigger the cheater, the more likely the cheater won’t pay. Not my idea of a well designed tax collecting system, but what can you do about it? How do you get a President to sign a tax law for better enforcement when the President is the cheater? Come to think of it, how to get that law passed when the GOP is filibustering it in the Senate? Right now there are 300 House of Representative bills that will never be voted on in the Senate because Mitch McConnell does not want to go on record as opposing them. The bills will die of old age in the GOP controlled Senate:
www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse
www.rollcall.com/news/house-dems-mourn-bills-buried-mcconnells-legisla
tive-graveyard

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

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Saturday, November 2, 2019 2:32 PM

THG

Quote:

Originally posted by captaincrunch:
Quote:

Originally posted by THG:
So tell me Jackie boy. What did your college professors say about your writing skills?

I get it now, T. Jack and Kiki focus on spelling and grammar (even though they muck that up too) because they get everything else wrong. Second just embarrassed Six on Fla income tax facts, and Kookie just straw manned herself into knots . When it comes to common sense and simple understanding, they fall miles behind, again and again and again...
That and they're just petty assholes.

Yep, sad but true G. Their to ignorant to understand that those who argue against facts are always wrong. And that that's who they are. The always wrong trolls.

T

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Saturday, November 2, 2019 3:05 PM

1KIKI
Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

THUGGER

And for your dining pleasure ... a generous appetizer of crow. And a side of shit.

http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=61377
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I believe if they see a disaster coming, like a war or Trump being blackmailed by Putin, they themselves will be desperate to find a way to do it.

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Key word as to why they are being investigated? Russia Jack

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While I'll admit the press mostly dislikes Trump, reporting the truth is not considered a negative by those seeking the truth.

http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=61377&p=3
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the main course will be crow.

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Top U.S. officials to testify in Trump-Russia probe reboot

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Report: Russia tried to infiltrate Trump campaign through advisers

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3. Russia, is all encompassing this presidency and the presidents thinking. It is driving him up the wall.

All this on three pages of one thread. And there's SO much more!

A billion flies eat shit.

How did the TRUMP - RUSSIA - COLLUSION side of shit taste?

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Saturday, November 2, 2019 3:38 PM

THG

So, a bunch of quotes attributed to no one. A link that brings you to the top of three different pages leaving the searcher to scroll through all to see if what kiki posted is true or taken out of context.

Raise your hand if you're stupid enough to do this. Jack, oh Jack...

T

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Saturday, November 2, 2019 4:03 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/31/opinions/democrats-are-wasting-americas
-time-on-impeachment-jennings/index.html

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Let me skip to the end: The Democratic-majority US House of Representatives, in partisan fashion, is all but certain to impeach President Donald Trump. The Republican-majority Senate, in partisan fashion, will almost certainly acquit him. And the net result will be that Democrats will have abused the US Constitution to satisfy political passions instead of approaching impeachment as the solemn act the framers intended.

lol

Even the Clinton News Network knows this is abusive and a complete waste of time.

It will be hilarious to watch this backfire spectacularly.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Saturday, November 2, 2019 4:15 PM

1KIKI
Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

Quote:

Originally posted by THUGGER:
So, a bunch of quotes attributed to no one.

You mean you NEED to see "Originally posted by ..." instead of being told THEY'RE YOURS? Really?

Are you THAT stoopid?

BTW - SURE! I can do that - no problem!! And THEN what, THUGGER?

What are you going to say about your cold crow with a side of shit?

A billion flies eat shit.

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Saturday, November 2, 2019 4:27 PM

1KIKI
Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

So, THUGGER - just to keep you honest ...

http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=61377

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Originally posted by THGRRI:
I believe if they see a disaster coming, like a war or Trump being blackmailed by Putin, they themselves will be desperate to find a way to do it.

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Originally posted by THGRRI:
Key word as to why they are being investigated? Russia Jack

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Originally posted by THGRRI:
While I'll admit the press mostly dislikes Trump, reporting the truth is not considered a negative by those seeking the truth.

http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=61377&p=3
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Originally posted by THGRRI:
the main course will be crow.

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Originally posted by THGRRI:
Top U.S. officials to testify in Trump-Russia probe reboot

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Originally posted by THGRRI:
Report: Russia tried to infiltrate Trump campaign through advisers

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Originally posted by THGRRI:
3. Russia, is all encompassing this presidency and the presidents thinking. It is driving him up the wall.

How does this helping of crow WITH YOUR NAME ON IT and covered with extra shit taste, THUGGER?

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Saturday, November 2, 2019 5:00 PM

THG

Trump wanted stolen Democratic emails possessed by Wikileaks

The notes recount interviews with former Trump deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates in which he detailed the campaign’s efforts to obtain damaging information on 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, including emails that the intelligence community later concluded were stolen by Russian hackers.

[Rick] Gates recalled a time on the campaign aircraft when candidate Trump said, 'get the emails.' [Michael] Flynn said he could use his intelligence sources to obtain the emails," investigators wrote in a summary of Gates' April 2018 interview with Mueller's team.

Flynn was a foreign policy adviser for the campaign and ultimately became Trump's first national security adviser. He later pleaded guilty of lying to the FBI in December 2017 and faces up to five years in prison on the current charge.
"Flynn had the most Russia contacts of anyone on the campaign and was in the best position to ask for the emails if they were out there," the investigators added.

https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/468689-mueller-notes-show
-that-trump-wanted-stolen-clinton-emails-possessed

tick tock It just won't stop. Can't wait as it continues to unfold. Are you excited? I am, I'm excited.

T

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Saturday, November 2, 2019 5:03 PM

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Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

How can you be fooled so many times, THUGGER?
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So, THUGGER - just to keep you honest ...

http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=61377

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I believe if they see a disaster coming, like a war or Trump being blackmailed by Putin, they themselves will be desperate to find a way to do it.

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Key word as to why they are being investigated? Russia Jack

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Originally posted by THGRRI:
While I'll admit the press mostly dislikes Trump, reporting the truth is not considered a negative by those seeking the truth.

http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=61377&p=3
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the main course will be crow.

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Top U.S. officials to testify in Trump-Russia probe reboot

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Report: Russia tried to infiltrate Trump campaign through advisers

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3. Russia, is all encompassing this presidency and the presidents thinking. It is driving him up the wall.

How does this helping of crow WITH YOUR NAME ON IT and covered with extra shit taste, THUGGER?

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Saturday, November 2, 2019 5:10 PM

THG

Since you keep posting the above kiki over and over again, I put it in the garden thread several times so you can be sure to find it troll.

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Saturday, November 2, 2019 5:23 PM

1KIKI
Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

How can you be fooled so many times, THUGGER?

If you answer the question, I'll stop asking it.

In the meantime, it looks like you have to keep dodging the topic about how WRONG you were for so many YEARS.

But go ahead, continue to be an ass, continue to refuse to learn from experience, continue to be a troll. Because trolling ... it's not what you do. It's what you are.
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So, THUGGER - just to keep you honest ...

http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=61377

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Originally posted by THGRRI:
I believe if they see a disaster coming, like a war or Trump being blackmailed by Putin, they themselves will be desperate to find a way to do it.

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Originally posted by THGRRI:
Key word as to why they are being investigated? Russia Jack

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Originally posted by THGRRI:
While I'll admit the press mostly dislikes Trump, reporting the truth is not considered a negative by those seeking the truth.

http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=61377&p=3
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Originally posted by THGRRI:
the main course will be crow.

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Originally posted by THGRRI:
Top U.S. officials to testify in Trump-Russia probe reboot

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Originally posted by THGRRI:
Report: Russia tried to infiltrate Trump campaign through advisers

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Originally posted by THGRRI:
3. Russia, is all encompassing this presidency and the presidents thinking. It is driving him up the wall.

How does this helping of crow WITH YOUR NAME ON IT and covered with extra shit taste, THUGGER?

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Saturday, November 2, 2019 9:10 PM

That's odd...

Smells like faggot in here.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Saturday, November 2, 2019 11:24 PM

Rain is coming.

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Sunday, November 3, 2019 1:33 AM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Some old and dead electronics taken in to be recycled today.

3 windchimes hung up. Indoors.

But I did drop some ice cream on the floor. :(. Cleaned that up and had to get some more out of the freezer.

You need a dog, BRENDA! S/he would have cleaned it up for you!

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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

You idiots have been oppressing the entire sexual spectrum as long as you have existed. I can't wait for the day your kind is dead - WISHIMAY

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Sunday, November 3, 2019 1:44 AM

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Perfecto!

Everything works great. I let the generator run for an hour straight. I immediately forced a near full well to pump out off the generator, and followed that up with a full load of laundry. I'm still getting enough water in through the inlet for it to go off by itself every 10 minutes or so, so it went off at least another 4 times on its own before I shut everything down and put it back on the main.

The hooks I bought were perfect for the application too, but my cheap ass didn't buy enough of them. I don't think I really had any idea how thick and heavy this cord was going to be until I got down there with it. Going to pick up a half dozen of them later today or tomorrow, get them installed and also figure out if the shelf support I was planning on using is going to be durable enough for the job or if I'm going to need to buy something better. The support I have is probably good enough, but I'm going to be hanging about 80 feet of the heaviest damn extension cord I've ever owned on it, so I need to make absolutely sure it will work for the long haul.

While I was at it, I also did a test on my snow blower and fired up my leaf blower for good measure. Went to fill the air in the snowblower tires and wouldn't you know it... One of them are flat. :( I'm not sure why that always happens with small tires in my garage like that. This is my third flat since I've owned the house. I'm sure those tires aren't cheap to replace and/or fix either. Going to want to take care of that ASAP either way though.

Won't let that bring my mood down though. It's been a great day. :)

Do Right, Be Right. :)

Just imagine, SIX! You're ready for anything man, beast. or nature has in store for you!

Seriously, I know that you're so done with that house, but in reality you're in better shape with it than you've ever been. I think it's just hard to see the progress that you've made and how far you've come when you're up to your ass in alligators!

When you sell it, the next owner is going to have a perfectly lovely functional family home, where everything works like it should. I hope you make beaucoup bucks on it, you sure have put in your "sweat equity"!

Enjoy the winter, being as snug in a bug in a rug.

PS: What kind of generator? We're looking at getting one.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

You idiots have been oppressing the entire sexual spectrum as long as you have existed. I can't wait for the day your kind is dead - WISHIMAY

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Sunday, November 3, 2019 1:53 AM

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

"When you sell it, the next owner is going to have a perfectly lovely functional family home"

Once it's all fixed up ... why sell it? (Unless you're hoping for a profit, that is.)

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Sunday, November 3, 2019 1:55 AM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

So, over at this end ... not sure f I posted this but the reason why our efforts got kicked into hig gear is because we're having out-of-town visitors stopping by. And altho they're only staying a day and a half (on their way to some place else) I've always felt that they were cirtical/judgmental. And, wowuldn't you know it but it was the guest bathroom sink that we had to remove!

So. Vanity has been modified and painted, the sink is installed, the bathroom and guest bedroom have been cleaned. I also did some adventitous cleaning and dusting, changed the filters on the return air ducts, and managed to tidy up the office considerably. While that, I have 1 1/2 large boxes of giveaway stuff collected and will be adding more.

So Tuesday is D-day for us. Hubby is building a platform for the mattress (so they don't have to sleep on a matress on the floor!) and I only need to wash the comforter, mattress cover and one other large item and move the nightstand, light, etc in place and just vacuum up all of the floors around the house. (It's so dusty around here!)

Once our visitors have come and gone I'm going to cover the bathroom vent (the one that goes right thru the roof) with cardboard so we don't get leaves and dust blowing in, cover the bed with an old sheet, close the door and keep it in its more-or-less pristine state until next time, when it should only take a little dusting to make it good again.

One room DONE.

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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

You idiots have been oppressing the entire sexual spectrum as long as you have existed. I can't wait for the day your kind is dead - WISHIMAY

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Sunday, November 3, 2019 12:37 PM

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Just imagine, SIX! You're ready for anything man, beast. or nature has in store for you!

Well... Second did quote something that made sense in another thread the other day, although it didn't apply at all to the point that he was making where he put it, of course.

It was in regards to how easy Americans have it and how they don't need to use most of their brains because of that.

I might bitch a lot, and I might have the added pressure right now of overcoming a lot of crap I let pile up over the years on top of additional pile ups because of neglect, but I generally thrive in chaos. I'm learning so much here about stuff that most Americans never even think about I could probably write a book.

Maybe I will. I could call it something like "The American Handyperson's Prep Guide For The Second Great Depression"

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Seriously, I know that you're so done with that house, but in reality you're in better shape with it than you've ever been. I think it's just hard to see the progress that you've made and how far you've come when you're up to your ass in alligators!

You might be right here. It's probable that a lot of these problems were problems from day one, but I wasn't aware of what was behind the walls and under the floors.

There was a lot of damage I either directly caused or I'm responsible for from neglect though. If anything, I'd like to think that the work I've done vs the new shit that's popped up that I need to take care of comes out to a wash.

Now that the porch is back in, I really think that I could sell this house tomorrow and make back what I paid for it. Especially since it's a better market than when I bought it.

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When you sell it, the next owner is going to have a perfectly lovely functional family home, where everything works like it should. I hope you make beaucoup bucks on it, you sure have put in your "sweat equity"!

We're not there yet. Not by a long shot. But I do believe that once the screen door is installed and I get that visqueen up over the louvers this week that at least I will have taken care of any of the things that were causing the place to degrade prematurely.

Let's see....

Structural repairs and a new floor in porch. Cracked drain pipe fixed. Backup solution for the sump pump in the event of power failure. Racoon family removed and access sealed so it won't happen again. Crawl space visqueen scoured so all of my work down there wasn't gross. House de-hoarded, with most of the garage de-hoarded and organized as well. Ground re-graded all along the house. Patio pavers all pulled up and ready for grass to be planted in the spring. Heat system working at least 5 times as good as it ever has. New entry steps for front porch and pillars re-painted.

I'm sure there's more I'm forgetting at the moment. It's been a good few months.

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Enjoy the winter, being as snug in a bug in a rug.

As long as my old furnace doesn't die on me.

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PS: What kind of generator? We're looking at getting one.

It's a Dewalt. It was used and out of the box, and I didn't get the manual with it, so I couldn't tell you what the specs are.

Without measuring it, I would guess it was around 3 feet long, by 2 1/2 feet wide and 2 1/2 feet long. It's got three plug receptacles. Two standard A/C wall outlet types as well as a 4-prong 20AMP.

If I bought more plugs for it, I'm sure it would power the fridge and a light or two and maybe even a TV. I haven't really tried to research the exact specs yet since at this point I'm just thrilled to have a working backup solution in place for the next outage event.

Be sure to do your research before you buy one so you don't throw away your money. It's not something to skimp on since it will be the emergency backup and if it fails or isn't up to your necessary tasks you throw at it, you won't know that until after it fails on you at the worst possible time.

Glad to see you're still making good progress.

I agree. Having guests, unexpected or not, is a very good catalyst for getting more work done.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Sunday, November 3, 2019 12:48 PM

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"When you sell it, the next owner is going to have a perfectly lovely functional family home"

Once it's all fixed up ... why sell it? (Unless you're hoping for a profit, that is.)

It's a ton of maintenance. Even when I have it fully restored and things were all in working order, there is just so much land and landscaping to take care of. Water is always going to be an issue because of the location too, so any solutions I make are only temporary measures relying on mechanical parts that will eventually fail and cost money to replace. It's way too much house for one person too. I really only live in one room and use a kitchen and bathroom like I have done for years in previous apartments. Also, my aversion for paying somebody 5 to 10 times more to do something than it would cost me to do it is fine when I'm 40 and in generally good health, but in a house that will require much more of that than most other homes, I've already decided that one way or another this is not the house I'm going to die in.

I got it for so cheap because it was a rehab/foreclosure and I bought at the rock bottom of the market. It's virtually already paid for itself since I would have thrown what I paid for it away on rent the last 8 years.

Looking at it one way, if I sold it for $25 right now I'd be making a profit. But I can't look at it that way since I wasted all that time and didn't do anything to bolster my nest egg. I figure right now I'd have to sell it for what I paid plus $10k to break even.

Now that I'm not sitting here everyday afraid that it's about to fall over, I'm not in such a huge hurry. I've still got some time and energy in me to keep making improvements. My loose plan at this point is to spend the next year or two and around $8k to $10 in repairs and upgrades and sell the house for a $50k profit when I'm done.

It would be so nice to then take that money, move into a house for half of what I sell this one for that only has 2 bedrooms and a small lawn and isn't on a floodplain and is down by my brother where things are cheaper, life is slower and people are nicer.

That's the dream.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Sunday, November 3, 2019 12:54 PM

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

CONGRATULATIONS SIGNY!!!

I hope it feels as good as it sounds!

But wait - there's more! Didn't you ALSO make substantial progress on the garage and overall decluttering? And on the painting?

So CONGRATULATIONS again SIGNY!!! YAY!!!

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Sunday, November 3, 2019 12:58 PM

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

What a nice dream that is, Jack. I'm really glad for you that you've gotten so far, and I hope (and expect! because ... why not?) you'll get to your goal.

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Sunday, November 3, 2019 1:37 PM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
CONGRATULATIONS SIGNY!!!

I hope it feels as good as it sounds!

But wait - there's more! Didn't you ALSO make substantial progress on the garage and overall decluttering? And on the painting?

So CONGRATULATIONS again SIGNY!!! YAY!!!

Well, not "DONE" done, just at the point where we don't have to work on it anymore. At some point in the distant future we would like to replace the entire vanity, and the bathroom needs repainting. But that's for the distant future. It wouldn't have been such an issue if a copper pipe hand't ctacked and dear daughter hadn't taken it upon herself to start complulsively peeling paint, so all we've done is recover lost ground, and that not even 100%.

Made progress elsewhere but it's been scatteredt ... painting the back bedrooms, declusttering everywhere, organizing and decluttering the garage ... but since no whole rooms have been entirely done it's harder to see progress. You probably know the feeling! I CAN count the number of giveaway boxes, and bins and pounds of trash crossing the perimeter in the outbound direction ... about 200 lbs of scrap wood and 300 lbs of scrap metal and the equivalent of six large boxes of donation items ... I think the next thing is to figure out how to sell the bigger more expensive stuff.

Anyone want an entire setting of fine china?

Anyway, I'm looking foreward to the day when I can si down, look around and think to myself ... this room is DONE, and easier to keep clean!

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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

You idiots have been oppressing the entire sexual spectrum as long as you have existed. I can't wait for the day your kind is dead - WISHIMAY

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Sunday, November 3, 2019 2:17 PM

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Some old and dead electronics taken in to be recycled today.

3 windchimes hung up. Indoors.

But I did drop some ice cream on the floor. :(. Cleaned that up and had to get some more out of the freezer.
You need a dog, BRENDA! S/he would have cleaned it up for you!

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

You idiots have been oppressing the entire sexual spectrum as long as you have existed. I can't wait for the day your kind is dead - WISHIMAY

One problem with that solution SIG. I don't like dogs. Cat person.

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Sunday, November 3, 2019 2:23 PM

Ran into my manager yesterday as I was heading out and we had a nice little chat. She asked me how I was doing and I said I was good. Still doing organizing but that was a good thing. She said, "Well, you are home now and you can do it whenever you want." I agreed and added, "I can sit down and watch tv or get up and do a couple of small things. " In my head I added ,"No rush at all."

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Sunday, November 3, 2019 2:23 PM

Off to take a nice hot shower in a minute.

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Sunday, November 3, 2019 4:07 PM

Reorganized my cassette tape cases so I can get at them easier. One is really trashed will have to find some thing else to put those tapes into.

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Sunday, November 3, 2019 4:15 PM

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

Brenda

I feel like you're settling in to your home.

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Sunday, November 3, 2019 4:17 PM

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

"Anyway, I'm looking forward to the day when I can sit down, look around and think to myself ... this room is DONE, and easier to keep clean!"

My motto completely - for fixing up / cleaning up the house, for landscaping, even for my wardrobe.

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Sunday, November 3, 2019 8:12 PM

https://www.amazon.com/PD422MHI005-Running-Starting-Portable-Generator
/dp/B0081AYXKE/ref=asc_df_B0081AYXKE/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167150549507&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4492878912107924428&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016186&hvtargid=pla-272514539460&psc=1

Hey Sigs...

I think this would be the "new" equivalent to the generator I've got. It may be a little more powerful than mine, and has a few extra plugs on it than mine does. I'm not sure if it is actually more powerful or it's because it's just a newer model. Mine is probably a decade old or even older. Everything under the doodad panel looks pretty much identical to what I'm working with.

PRICEY. I had no idea what a great generator my step dad gave me. I'm going to have to make that up to him when money allows.

Got all of my leaves to the curb today, and I hadn't planned on even doing that. They're not all down yet, but it should be at least half of them gone when they pick them up tomorrow. I don't think I've ever been this proactive with that since I've lived here.

Before I did that though, I removed all the old and cracked caulk from those shitty louvers on the front of the porch that was letting the melting snow get into the walls and floor on Halloween. Used a few blades, then sanded it all down and washed it good and got the new caulk up there.

Probably didn't need to do that once I have the visqueen up since I plan on ripping all that shit out and putting legit windows in front next year, but can't be too safe.

Hopefully tomorrow is the day we get the screen door installed. I think I know the one I'm going to get. It's 270 bucks. Just need my friend to make sure that it's good for our needs and we'll pick it up and get her installed.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Monday, November 4, 2019 12:06 AM

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Brenda

I feel like you're settling in to your home.

Kiki,

I am. And it feels so good.

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Monday, November 4, 2019 1:24 PM

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

For whatever reason, my efforts have been just creeping along the last few weeks, even though the weather has cooled down about 15F. I FEEL busy, but when I look at how much I've gotten done, it's not much.

Maybe my 'busy-ness' feeling is because I have to deal with a lot of details with the things I'm doing? Still, I need to kick it up into a higher gear.

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Monday, November 4, 2019 2:53 PM

I hope what I've gotten done recently isn't making you feel that way in comparison, Kiki.

I've had plenty of time where I've done next to nothing for days at a time since I've been unemployed. But the clock is ticking on a few fronts at once right now, particularly the weather, and I've also had to face a few near emergency situations that forced me to work that much harder.

Been in a bit of a manic state recently, fueled by a lot of cheap coffee.

It will be nice to just have a normal job and a normal life like everybody else does one day and work half as hard as I'm doing now.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Monday, November 4, 2019 3:10 PM

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

Not you Jack - everyone! is getting more done than I am.

But I'm also on a few timetables I have to meet, so I really do need to speed up.

I have a dental question for you ... how do you know if you have an abscessed tooth? I have a tooth that's very mildly sensitive to chewing pressure. It's not anywhere near bad, but it's not entirely normal either.

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Monday, November 4, 2019 3:43 PM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
For whatever reason, my efforts have been just creeping along the last few weeks, even though the weather has cooled down about 15F. I FEEL busy, but when I look at how much I've gotten done, it's not much.

Maybe my 'busy-ness' feeling is because I have to deal with a lot of details with the things I'm doing? Still, I need to kick it up into a higher gear.

I blow thru things but only to about the 80% level. Nothing is ever fully done; and sooner or later it needs to be re-done and/or completed. I keep thinking ... when I get more time I can get this truly finished ... but that time never seems to come. This house is too big for us. When mom lived with us it made sense, but when she passed away it got to be one or two rooms too big. But by then the prices had gone up ... hubby wanted to know if we could finda smaller place quite a few years ago, so I dipped my toes into the RE market and told him the sad truth ... that we could find one smaller, but not cheaper! So here we are, until we commit to a BIG move ... like, out of county of even out of state.

What I would LIKE to do is to be able to check off a bunch of things that won't have to be re-addressed later. What that means, I think, it getting rid of a bunch of big useless items and also re-organizing.

I looked around the house and realized that it looks like the house is being "worked on" but it isn't "working for" us. The furniture, the setup, doesn't promote the things we want or need to do; it's just what accumulated over the years and how we managed to fit in-between things. So I need to put my thinking cap on and re-imagine what this place could do for us, and also (like I said) shut off a room or two so that it's not so hard to keep clean... this is an incredibly dusty neighborhood!

*****

Speaking of which... SIX, you truly do seem energized by crisis. Still, the emotional highs and lows must be tiring!

I have a question, sort of inspired by my revelation about our house .... when your home repairs and maintenance are no longer an urgent urgency, how do you plan to re-configure your home to work for you? The related question, which I already asked, was: What would you LIKE to do with your time? I think you have a game-related software project to work on, but do you have any other projects/ plans/ hobbies?

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

You idiots have been oppressing the entire sexual spectrum as long as you have existed. I can't wait for the day your kind is dead - WISHIMAY

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Monday, November 4, 2019 4:51 PM

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

Re home remodeling / reorganizing ... everything I've read said ... think about what you do day to day ...

BUT - what if, for example, you don't have a kitchen that lends itself to cooking. So you don't cook, day to day. But you would cook, if you could.

Why remodel and reproduce all the same limitations of your current space by reproducing what you now do day to day?

I've read a few really good organizing tips however and come up with a few myself:

a place for everything
store it where you used it
keep everything you use daily out in plain sight
pull-out drawers below waist level, cupboards above
wide drawers to avoid having to open a lot of them to find something
open shelves are freaking dust-catchers

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/t-magazine/kitchen-organization.htm
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kitchens "Bennett believes that all cookware falls under the four pillars of “prep, cook, serve, store” “PREP” includes tools like mixing bowls, her mortar and pestle, a scale and a measuring glass, while the “COOK” drawer is full of pots and pans. Items for serving — plates, bowls and glasses — are in the cupboard, her resealable containers are all stacked in a drawer of their own, and never shall the four ever meet.

keep bedrooms spare

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Monday, November 4, 2019 8:43 PM

Have to vacuum one of these days. Inhaled some dust this morning and started coughing.

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Monday, November 4, 2019 9:14 PM

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Not you Jack - everyone! is getting more done than I am. But I'm also on a few timetables I have to meet, so I really do need to speed up.

That's good to hear that it's not me. I'll just tell you what I told my team lead at the old job... "Do yourself a favor and don't compare anyone else to me or you're just going to frustrate yourself. Take your next best employee and stack them all up against number 2."

You'll get to it. Just stay positive. I had a major setback tonight that really puts a damper on all of the work done so far, but I'm not going to let it kill me until spring.

I'll get to that later...

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I have a dental question for you ... how do you know if you have an abscessed tooth? I have a tooth that's very mildly sensitive to chewing pressure. It's not anywhere near bad, but it's not entirely normal either.

Not sure. My dental situation is unique to the point that we didn't even know that I still hadn't had any cavities for sure until I specifically asked the dentist to look for them. My problems were so far beyond what is normal that we don't tend to look at normal things.

I've actually never heard the word "abscess" used when diagnosing any of my problems. It was just time for the teeth to go when they did. Several of them putting me in pretty bad pain 24/7 for weeks or even months before I took care of it. (Either on my own or with dental expertise).

I would think that mild pressure would be the beginnings of one, or at least something to be concerned with. In my case, that never got any better and only eventually got worse. I wouldn't wait on it if I were you. What might be a very small problem if you catch it early could end up a much larger one.

I'd be a smartass right now and say "ask me how I know", but you already know the answer to that question.

Good luck, whatever it is. I truly feel your pain.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Monday, November 4, 2019 9:35 PM

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For whatever reason, my efforts have been just creeping along the last few weeks, even though the weather has cooled down about 15F. I FEEL busy, but when I look at how much I've gotten done, it's not much.

Maybe my 'busy-ness' feeling is because I have to deal with a lot of details with the things I'm doing? Still, I need to kick it up into a higher gear.
I blow thru things but only to about the 80% level. Nothing is ever fully done; and sooner or later it needs to be re-done and/or completed. I keep thinking ... when I get more time I can get this truly finished ... but that time never seems to come. This house is too big for us. When mom lived with us it made sense, but when she passed away it got to be one or two rooms too big. But by then the prices had gone up ... hubby wanted to know if we could finda smaller place quite a few years ago, so I dipped my toes into the RE market and told him the sad truth ... that we could find one smaller, but not cheaper! So here we are, until we commit to a BIG move ... like, out of county of even out of state.

What I would LIKE to do is to be able to check off a bunch of things that won't have to be re-addressed later. What that means, I think, it getting rid of a bunch of big useless items and also re-organizing.

I looked around the house and realized that it looks like the house is being "worked on" but it isn't "working for" us. The furniture, the setup, doesn't promote the things we want or need to do; it's just what accumulated over the years and how we managed to fit in-between things. So I need to put my thinking cap on and re-imagine what this place could do for us, and also (like I said) shut off a room or two so that it's not so hard to keep clean... this is an incredibly dusty neighborhood!

*****

Speaking of which... SIX, you truly do seem energized by crisis. Still, the emotional highs and lows must be tiring!

Yeah. It's all pretty tiring. Not emotions so much though... more like instinctual impulses more than anything else. I'm basically a cave man with a high vocabulary at this point.

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I have a question, sort of inspired by my revelation about our house .... when your home repairs and maintenance are no longer an urgent urgency, how do you plan to re-configure your home to work for you? The related question, which I already asked, was: What would you LIKE to do with your time? I think you have a game-related software project to work on, but do you have any other projects/ plans/ hobbies?

Well first, I should point out that you're asking yourself the right questions and thinking about making the right decisions, IMO.

Checking off things that you can do once and have a very low likelihood of having to re-do any time soon is a great idea. Especially if you don't find yourself in a position like mine where 6 out of 10 things you'd like to just snap your finger and have magically finished are emergencies.

I can say from my own experience that getting rid of shit you don't use, especially BIG SHIT is a huge plus. I do think that if you stay true to your de-cluttering efforts that over time you're going to look back and realize that it was more than clutter... especially if you have a house that is "too big" and that extra room has just become a place to store extra shit that you don't need.

Don't get me wrong... I'm sure it's nice stuff, but if you're not using it than it's just shit and needs to go. Except for a box or two of sentimental stuff and perhaps a large piece or two with real sentimental value (even better if you can incorporate them into your every day life in a useful way), I would work on getting rid of anything that you don't use regularly that you haven't even pulled out in the last 2 years for any reason. In the mean time, I'd make it a rule that if you buy something new (or just bring something new to you in the home) that you get rid of something else. Especially until you get to where you want to be.

Eventually, I think it would also be a good idea for you to move into a place that is more manageable and practical for your needs as well. That place is only going to seem less manageable and practical as the years tick by. You're not going to be able to enjoy your retirement the way you would like if you're always fixing stuff and cleaning rooms you don't even use.

As for me?

Although I got sidetracked from the de-hoarding on my own end when the rehab stuff worked, I did get about 90% out of the house that I wanted to. I may even go back to the boxes of saved stuff and get rid of more at a later date when I realize that I'm not going back up there to pull any of it back out now that I'm not in panic mode to move out.

It's been since around the middle of August that I stopped getting rid of stuff, and I'll tell you that I don't believe I've ever once regretted getting rid of any of it yet. Everything I use is easy to get to and organized.

Mind you, I'm very much a creature of habit, and I can get by on a very minimalist lifestyle. This approach might not work for everyone, but I absolutely LOVE not having to dig through drawers and closets to find the things I need, whether it be simple cooking utensils or a tool I need for a job. I can now keep in my mind where everything is and I also have a mental inventory of what I own and where it is located at all times.

I didn't quite get there with the garage yet. In fact, because of construction materials I needed, and my new need to have my generator in a place that is quick and easy to get to, I actually back-slid on the progress out there and won't be able to make much more headway now until it gets nice again next spring. I'm still miles ahead of where I was last spring though, and although I might not have as easy a time finding what I need out there, I don't have a need for things out there nearly as much as I do the stuff that is inside the house. I also put together a tool box inside my kitchen pantry that has 90% or more of the tools I'd need for everyday use.

As far as projects... hobbies?

Yeah. I love the video game software project, and I can't wait to get back to it one day. If I ever was able to get everything done that needs doing and get myself into a much lower maintenance home where I could set myself up with a nice tool shop I'd probably extend that love into making hand made arcades, arcade joysticks and bartop arcades to house the hardware that runs the software.

I love making things. When I get myself into a financial situation that is stable and I've got a bit of positive cash flow to burn I'd love to do that one day.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Monday, November 4, 2019 9:42 PM

As for my house repair side of things, what I had feared with the door situation is the reality. My friend said "don't worry about it. you worry too much."

He's usually right. This time I shouldn't have listened. The opening is too small for any standard size door (goddamned Uncle Bob). There's no way to open it large enough for a standard door. I can't exactly raise the roof. Even before the settling occurred on the far side, this door opening isn't enough for an 80" door. I need a 78" door. My local store doesn't even carry them online. Home Depot has them, but you have to have them delivered to the store or your home ahead of time and can't just go there and pick them up on a whim.

It's November 4th. We ran out of time. I'm just going to have to try to seal everything up with plastic for now and put it on my spring to-do list. I may even seal it up so I can't even access the back door until the spring. This will be extremely unfortunate if we have a heavy snow season since there is no walkway to shovel from my garage to the front door.

Oh well...

Cold tomorrow, but decent on Wednesday. I've got my work cut out for me weatherproofing everything on what is likely to be the last decent day we have here in 2019.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Monday, November 4, 2019 10:48 PM

I'm going to try the Great Stuff fix on my snowblower tire. Just found out that my only available option for replacement tires on it are a 2 pack of "maintenance free airless tires" for $115 bucks, which makes one wonder why they aren't originally installed on a goddamned unit that costs $500 in the first place and I got for $270 new. I'm not paying more than 1/3 of what I paid for the whole damned thing for new tires.

I saw a new method for doing this that makes a ton more sense than how the other guy said to do it for the spreader tire that requires pulling the stem out of the innertube. Stem tools are cheap, but apparently not easy to come by these days unless you want to order them online. Both Walmart and my local auto parts store have them for online order, but not in the store. Supposedly you can just do it with a pair of needle nose pliers. I actually know that I have one somewhere, although I didn't know what it was when it came in a huge lot of 300 tools I bought years ago on ebay. I might luck out and find it in my garage.

The guy who did it for his own snowblower did an update video 2 years later and it still works. I just got 2 cans of Great stuff for $5 the other day on sale. $2.50 sure beats $115.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Tuesday, November 5, 2019 11:42 AM

The lady who runs the mah jong group and a couple of side mah jong games is driving me nuts. Called me last night and said I'm not going in on Tuesday as I started coughing again and we all heard her. Then this morning I get a call saying that she is coming in.

It is like make up your mind but then you don't get to b&tch that you are sick. But I can't say that as over the last couple of weeks she has threatened to throw me out of the group because some of the others are complaining about when I play. So, I have to play NICE. Ugh!

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Tuesday, November 5, 2019 11:46 AM

Did you beat her badly and she's taking it out on you?

Sounds like she's the alpha dog of the group, and probably a crappy one at that.

You come off as a nice person with a lot of wit here. Maybe it's time you bump her from that seat.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Tuesday, November 5, 2019 2:41 PM

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-11-04/does-a-rain-free-o
ctober-signal-a-return-to-drought-in-california

According to the National Weather Service, it was warmer than average in most places in Southern California in October, except in the Antelope Valley. El Niño and La Niña are in neutral this year, but most of the rain in the Los Angeles region comes later in the season, and 60% to 70% of that is borne by atmospheric rivers, which stream moisture from the tropical Pacific into California like a fire hose. “And there are no good predictors for those,” Patzert said.

There are many factors in California’s water picture, and it’s too early to call the game, Patzert said, but “it’s the first quarter right now and the Santa Anas are ahead 28-0.”

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Tuesday, November 5, 2019 2:43 PM

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

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The lady who runs the mah jong group and a couple of side mah jong games is driving me nuts. Called me last night and said I'm not going in on Tuesday as I started coughing again and we all heard her. Then this morning I get a call saying that she is coming in.

It is like make up your mind but then you don't get to b&tch that you are sick. But I can't say that as over the last couple of weeks she has threatened to throw me out of the group because some of the others are complaining about when I play. So, I have to play NICE. Ugh!

because some of the others are complaining about when I play. So she says? Do you believe her?

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Tuesday, November 5, 2019 5:05 PM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

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The lady who runs the mah jong group and a couple of side mah jong games is driving me nuts. Called me last night and said I'm not going in on Tuesday as I started coughing again and we all heard her. Then this morning I get a call saying that she is coming in.
It is like make up your mind but then you don't get to b&tch that you are sick.

So, what else does she do that's so annoying?

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But I can't say that as over the last couple of weeks she has threatened to throw me out of the group

Confused here. How is it that she "runs" the games? Does she host them at her place? Does she maintain a schedule? Does she supply the tiles? Does she collect dues? Bring food and drinks?

I mean, I was the "coffee person" at work which meant I collected the dues and bought the supplies and bought new coffee-maker when the old one crapped out but there was a set of responsibilities along with that. I would never say I was "the Scrabble person" at work because it just depended on who dragged out the Scrabble board and rounded up another player or two or three.

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because some of the others are complaining about when I play. So, I have to play NICE. Ugh!

How can someone play NOT "nice"? Aside from not crowing every time you win or making nasty remarks about other people's playing or being a sore loser, what else are you supposed to do? Let other people win?

I guess I just don't understand the dynamics.

But now that yo have a place of your own, is there anything preventing you from hosting your own mahjong games?

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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

You idiots have been oppressing the entire sexual spectrum as long as you have existed. I can't wait for the day your kind is dead - WISHIMAY

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Tuesday, November 5, 2019 5:29 PM

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Re home remodeling / reorganizing ... everything I've read said ... think about what you do day to day ...

BUT - what if, for example, you don't have a kitchen that lends itself to cooking. So you don't cook, day to day. But you would cook, if you could.

Why remodel and reproduce all the same limitations of your current space by reproducing what you now do day to day?

I've read a few really good organizing tips however and come up with a few myself:

a place for everything
store it where you used it
keep everything you use daily out in plain sight
pull-out drawers below waist level, cupboards above
wide drawers to avoid having to open a lot of them to find something
open shelves are freaking dust-catchers

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/t-magazine/kitchen-organization.htm
l
kitchens "Bennett believes that all cookware falls under the four pillars of “prep, cook, serve, store” “PREP” includes tools like mixing bowls, her mortar and pestle, a scale and a measuring glass, while the “COOK” drawer is full of pots and pans. Items for serving — plates, bowls and glasses — are in the cupboard, her resealable containers are all stacked in a drawer of their own, and never shall the four ever meet.

keep bedrooms spare

All VERY good advice! But it will be hard convincing hubby that open shelves (including bookshelves) are dust-catchers. He LOVES open shelving because he had them at work and everything was viewable (he's tall). I keep reminding him ... but it doesn't seem to stick ... that he worked in a double-HEPA filtered positive pressure room. Dust wasn't problem for him, unless it came in a very dusty computer case.

Understand about not reproducing the limitations of the current place with a new setup. That kind of gets into a metaphysical projection ... what WOULD we being doing if we had the time/space? (Besides maintaining the house, I mean!) Have to take into account our interests but also our declining physical capabilities ... woud not commit to restoring an old car top to bottom unless I had a LOT of time because everything would go very slowly. So probably mostly smaller projects.

But first, I think, is de-cluttering and re-organizing. It's impossible to clean or get anything done if everything is everywhere. Think about how to make current tasks more time-efficient. Once time-pressure is reduced we can think about options.

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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

You idiots have been oppressing the entire sexual spectrum as long as you have existed. I can't wait for the day your kind is dead - WISHIMAY

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Tuesday, November 5, 2019 6:14 PM

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Did you beat her badly and she's taking it out on you?

Sounds like she's the alpha dog of the group, and probably a crappy one at that.

You come off as a nice person with a lot of wit here. Maybe it's time you bump her from that seat.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

I beat her three times last week. And yes she does get upset when I do.

She's the chairperson of the group and having been a school teacher, elementary. She likes being in control.

Thank you Jack. I like to think that I am a nice person and I do try not to step on anyone's toes in the group. Don't know if I want the job.

They like to talk politics sometimes and history but I usually end up correcting them on things, 1. They don't get the context of things. 2.Their facts are wrong.

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Tuesday, November 5, 2019 6:15 PM

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Originally posted by Brenda:
The lady who runs the mah jong group and a couple of side mah jong games is driving me nuts. Called me last night and said I'm not going in on Tuesday as I started coughing again and we all heard her. Then this morning I get a call saying that she is coming in.

It is like make up your mind but then you don't get to b&tch that you are sick. But I can't say that as over the last couple of weeks she has threatened to throw me out of the group because some of the others are complaining about when I play. So, I have to play NICE. Ugh!
because some of the others are complaining about when I play. So she says? Do you believe her?

The problem is that I do and I can pretty well name a couple of the ones who are the complainers.

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Tuesday, November 5, 2019 6:22 PM

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Originally posted by Brenda:
The lady who runs the mah jong group and a couple of side mah jong games is driving me nuts. Called me last night and said I'm not going in on Tuesday as I started coughing again and we all heard her. Then this morning I get a call saying that she is coming in.
It is like make up your mind but then you don't get to b&tch that you are sick.
So, what else does she do that's so annoying?
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But I can't say that as over the last couple of weeks she has threatened to throw me out of the group
Confused here. How is it that she "runs" the games? Does she host them at her place? Does she maintain a schedule? Does she supply the tiles? Does she collect dues? Bring food and drinks?

I mean, I was the "coffee person" at work which meant I collected the dues and bought the supplies and bought new coffee-maker when the old one crapped out but there was a set of responsibilities along with that. I would never say I was "the Scrabble person" at work because it just depended on who dragged out the Scrabble board and rounded up another player or two or three.

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because some of the others are complaining about when I play. So, I have to play NICE. Ugh!
How can someone play NOT "nice"? Aside from not crowing every time you win or making nasty remarks about other people's playing or being a sore loser, what else are you supposed to do? Let other people win?

I guess I just don't understand the dynamics.

But now that yo have a place of your own, is there anything preventing you from hosting your own mahjong games?

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

You idiots have been oppressing the entire sexual spectrum as long as you have existed. I can't wait for the day your kind is dead - WISHIMAY

Well, I dislike being treated like I am 5years old when I am playing. And that involves a few things about her mannerisms.

She's the chairperson of the mah jong group and everyone agreed to let her lead it.

I'll admit that I get frustrated with the way that I play or the tiles and remarks might slip. They take it all personally but then when I say nothing which this lady thinks is wrong, they can make all the remarks they want and I have to sit there and take them.

Unfortunately SIG, there is. I don't own my own set of mah jong tiles. Wish that I did.

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Tuesday, November 5, 2019 6:36 PM

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Did you beat her badly and she's taking it out on you?

Sounds like she's the alpha dog of the group, and probably a crappy one at that.

You come off as a nice person with a lot of wit here. Maybe it's time you bump her from that seat.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

I beat her three times last week. And yes she does get upset when I do.

She's the chairperson of the group and having been a school teacher, elementary. She likes being in control.

Thank you Jack. I like to think that I am a nice person and I do try not to step on anyone's toes in the group. Don't know if I want the job.

They like to talk politics sometimes and history but I usually end up correcting them on things, 1. They don't get the context of things. 2.Their facts are wrong.

I hope it works out. I don't really have any advise to give you beyond that. I generally just avoid situations like that because in the past I've ended up letting things just stew inside of me until one day I explode. Sometimes it ended in just a lot of yelling, but other times I've ended up beating a few people within an inch of their life. It's not something I'm proud of, and once the red clears from my eyes it's instant regret. It's part of the reason why I live the loner life is because of my anger management issues.

Maybe Sigs and Kiki have some good advice to give you.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Tuesday, November 5, 2019 6:39 PM

Front part of my porch is now water tight. Hard to explain how I did everything without pictures, but all the pieces fell into the right place and this solution is better than I could have ever hoped for going into it. It would probably survive the next 5 years without any further maintenance. :)

Tomorrow is the last warm day. Need to make the screen door area watertight and see if I can get the vinyl siding back up. If not, going to need to wrap the base of the back of the house with plastic too until spring. Also going to see if I can fix the flat on the snowblower tomorrow. I should have time for all of that. The front took longer than I had hoped, but I knew that wasn't going to be an easy job solo. Everything else should be a lot easier.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Tuesday, November 5, 2019 11:13 PM

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Originally posted by Brenda:
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Did you beat her badly and she's taking it out on you?

Sounds like she's the alpha dog of the group, and probably a crappy one at that.

You come off as a nice person with a lot of wit here. Maybe it's time you bump her from that seat.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

I beat her three times last week. And yes she does get upset when I do.

She's the chairperson of the group and having been a school teacher, elementary. She likes being in control.

Thank you Jack. I like to think that I am a nice person and I do try not to step on anyone's toes in the group. Don't know if I want the job.

They like to talk politics sometimes and history but I usually end up correcting them on things, 1. They don't get the context of things. 2.Their facts are wrong.

I hope it works out. I don't really have any advise to give you beyond that. I generally just avoid situations like that because in the past I've ended up letting things just stew inside of me until one day I explode. Sometimes it ended in just a lot of yelling, but other times I've ended up beating a few people within an inch of their life. It's not something I'm proud of, and once the red clears from my eyes it's instant regret. It's part of the reason why I live the loner life is because of my anger management issues.

Maybe Sigs and Kiki have some good advice to give you.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

No worries Jack. Sometimes I just need a little moan.

I just basically put them on ignore. It's not my fault I can intimidate them.

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Wednesday, November 6, 2019 2:04 AM

Dying clock radio, so it will go to the electronic recycling in a day or so.

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Wednesday, November 6, 2019 3:07 AM

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I beat her three times last week. And yes she does get upset when I do.
She's the chairperson of the group and having been a school teacher, elementary. She likes being in control.
Thank you Jack. I like to think that I am a nice person and I do try not to step on anyone's toes in the group. Don't know if I want the job.
They like to talk politics sometimes and history but I usually end up correcting them on things, 1. They don't get the context of things. 2.Their facts are wrong.

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Well, I dislike being treated like I am 5years old when I am playing. And that involves a few things about her mannerisms.

Ok, but still confused. If what irritates you is "mannerisms" then she does the same to everyone all the time. Tho it may be incredibly annoying (example, someone pointing their finger to the sky whenever they want to emphasize a statement) it's not directed at you or anyone in particular. So if it's truly a mannerism you shouldn't feel annoyed by it because it's all "her" and not "you".

OTOH if what she's doing is directed specifically AT YOU, then it's not a "mannerism", it's an intentional comment (even a non-verbal one) and possibly an insult. In which case, it would be perfectly appropriate to feel annoyed.

So, what does she do, specifically?

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She's the chairperson of the mah jong group and everyone agreed to let her lead it

everyone? You too?

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I'll admit that I get frustrated with the way that I play or the tiles and remarks might slip...

That's a tellingly passive way of describing your behavior.

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They take it all personally

do you deliver it personally?

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but then when I say nothing which this lady thinks is wrong, they can make all the remarks they want and I have to sit there and take them.

Well, this all sounds pretty toxic. How did everyone seem to have gotten so far away from just having fun?

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Unfortunately SIG, there is. I don't own my own set of mah jong tiles. Wish that I did.

I just looked up the price of tiles, they're not THAT expensive. Something else is going on here. Maybe you should quit this group which seems so toxic and do something else to get out. Yanno, look around develop your options, and then join a volunteer group, take a class, or something. See how it goes, and then quit your mahjong group if you like the new group.

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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

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Wednesday, November 6, 2019 10:47 AM

I didn't notice the part about talking politics on first read...

Yeah. I probably wouldn't do that if I were you.

I'm not going to pretend that I don't ever engage in political talk in the real world, but I'm extremely picky and choosy about where I do and with who. I never talk about it at work. I'd imagine that if I did any extracurricular activities for enjoyment that I wouldn't do it there either. Basically, if it's at a place that I have to go back to regularly or that I enjoy going back to regularly, I'm not going to make that situation uncomfortable for myself in the future by engaging in these talks.

On an individual basis, I only ever open up about my own views with people who freely talk about it and I have a good feeling that we're both on the same page already. I do not like debating differing political views with people in the real world, simply because of the ease at which it becomes a topic of hostility. Everybody in 2019 goes into these things with a lot of preconceived notions about people who disagree with them politically, even though in most cases none of them are true on an individual level.

If you're the minority opinion in your group, and you're telling them that they are wrong, they're likely taking that as a personal insult even if you didn't mean for it to be (and it is quite possible that you in fact DID mean it to be).

In you Mahjong group case, you don't even have to be the minority opinion. If this woman you're talking about is the self-made queen of the group with no opposition, it doesn't really matter what the rest of them think if they're all going to have her back.

I dunno. I guess long story short now that I realized that politics were involved I could update my previous lack of suggestions to just advise that you try to avoid the politics and maybe have other things to talk about and change the subject up on them.

If nothing else, I can't imagine that it's very fun to play a game while talking about all of that bullshit anyhow.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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